Wainfelin

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | country = Wales | welsh_name = Waunfelin | constituency_welsh_assembly = | map_type = | official_name = Wainfelin | unitary_wales = Torfaen | lieutenancy_wales = Gwent | constituency_westminster = Torfaen | post_town = PONTYPOOL | postcode_district = NP4 | postcode_area = NP | dial_code = 01495 | os_grid_reference = SO275015 | population = 2,434 | population_ref = (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13696884&c=Wainfelin&d=14&e=62&g=6496569&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1446729223815&enc=1|title=Pontypool Ward population 2011|accessdate=5 November 2015}}</ref> }}

'''Wainfelin''' ({{langx|cy|Waunfelin}}) is a suburb of Pontypool (though part of the Pen Tranch community) in the county borough of Torfaen, in south-east Wales.

==Demographics== At the United Kingdom Census 2001 demographics showed: *Population 2,422 (Torfaen 90,949) *49.2% Male, 50.8% Female *Ages **21.4% aged between 0-15 **40.7% aged between 16-44 **21.4% aged 45–59/64 **16.5% of pensionable age

==Governance== Wainfelin forms an electoral ward electing a community councillor to Pontypool Community Council.<ref>{{cite web |title=Community Councillors - Ward Map|url=https://pontypoolcc.gov.uk/your-community-council/community-councillors/ |publisher=Pontypool Community Council |access-date=27 September 2025}}</ref>

Until May 2022 Wainfelin was a ward to Torfaen County Borough Council.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The County Borough of Torfaen (Electoral Changes) Order 2002|year=2002|number=3279|accessdate=27 September 2025}}</ref> Following a 2021 boundary review, the ward was combined with the community of Pontymoile to form a new ward called Pontypool Fawr, electing three councillors.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The County Borough of Torfaen (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021|year=2021|number=1139|accessdate=27 September 2025}}</ref>

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{{coord|51|42|27|N|03|03|02|W|display=title}} {{Torfaen}} Category:Suburbs of Pontypool Category:Electoral wards of Torfaen